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Evil, as evil, can never be chosen and though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire it but under the appearance of an imaginary good.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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What I am to be, I am now becoming.
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